Feminist frontiers in freedom of expression online
This issue brief explores questions related to online expression for feminist and women’s rights activists, and draws upon the emerging trends and challenges. It also provides an introduction to useful...
View ArticleAPC statement to the Global Digital Compact Thematic Deep-Dive session on...
APC believes that human rights crosscut all the priority themes highlighted for the Global Digital Compact (GDC) and therefore, a human rights framework, standards and principles should be at the...
View ArticleCall for proposals: APC is excited to announce the CYRILLA research subgrant...
APC will award one subgrant for a research project that focuses on the criminalisation of online expression in Sri Lanka, in continuation of research which to date has covered nine countries across...
View Article#SudanUpdates and the weaponisation of internet access: Where are Sudanese...
A war broke out in April between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, exposing the civilian population to death and displacement. This is an update on what we need to know and how...
View ArticleOnline Safety Bill: Civil society organisations urge UK to protect global...
This open letter to the UK government from over 80 national and international civil society organisations, including APC, academics and cyberexperts raises concerns about the serious threat to the...
View ArticleDigital Rights Asia Pacific Assembly (DRAPAC23) Statement of Solidarity
The statement, signed by over 100 organisations and individuals, was jointly developed during the DRAPAC23 Assembly convened by EngageMedia and held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 22 to 26 May 2023. It...
View ArticleAssessing the level of respect of the Internet rights and freedoms in Africa:...
Organisations and independent experts from six Sub-Saharan African countries that share French as one of their national languages have developed an approach for assessing the level of respect for human...
View ArticleWhen protection becomes threat: Cybercrime regulation as a tool for silencing...
Derechos Digitales has mapped cases involving the abusive use of cybercrime regulation to silence and criminalise women and LGBTQIA+ people around the world, and the results warn of the inherent danger...
View ArticleHold The Line Coalition welcomes acquittal of Maria Ressa and Rappler, calls...
The Hold the Line Coalition, comprised of over 80 organisations around the world including APC, welcomes the verdict acquitting Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her news outlet Rappler on the final...
View Article“The gendered dimensions of disinformation”: Register for the 78 UNGA side...
APC and partners are joining the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression in organising a side event at the UNGA entitled "The gendered dimensions of disinformation".Language English
View ArticleWhen protection becomes an excuse for criminalisation: Gender considerations...
This exploratory report seeks to contribute to ongoing and future discussions concerning gender and cybercrime by providing concrete evidence of how national cybercrime laws have been used to silence...
View ArticleAPC submission to the OEWG on developments in the field of ICTs in the...
A gender approach to cybersecurity is a fundamental tool for policy that focuses on the human rights of people in cyberspace. But, most notably, it is a perspective that seeks to make cybersecurity...
View ArticleJoint letter on several European governments’ decisions to suspend or review...
In an open letter, APC and 99 other civil society organisations express serious concern at the EU and several European states‘ decision to suspend or review their funding to Palestinian and Israeli...
View ArticleLearn how to get past an internet shutdown
Last year the highest number of internet shutdowns were recorded in the world, and we must equip defenders with strategies to bypass such blocking. APC has developed a game-based training to help...
View ArticleFrom buttocks to electronic bracelets: How governments are using cybercrime...
Governments everywhere are using cybercrime laws to criminalise women and LGBTQIA+ people, increase surveillance and reduce freedom of expression. A new Derechos Digitales and APC report discusses 11...
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